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Meezarri (Meezarri: meezarrı zutȧ /meːt͡sari tsuta˞/ from Proto-Meezarric *meettharri thutarl) is a Meezarric language inspired by Badaga. It is one of the major influences on Nurian.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nh /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
Affricate z /ts/ tsch /tʃ/
Fricative voiceless s /s~z/ sch /ʃ/ ch /x/
voiced w /v/
Trill rr /r/
Flap r /ɾ/
Approximant l /l/ j /j/

Vowels

Non-retroflex Half-retroflex Fully retroflex
a /a/ ȧ /a˞/ ä /a˞˞/
e /e/ ė /e˞/ ë /e˞˞/
ı /i/ i /i˞/ ï /i˞˞/
o /o/ ȯ /o˞/ ö /o˞˞/
u /u/ /u˞/ ü /u˞˞/

Vowels may be doubled for length, or come in hiatus with one another.

Grammar

Meezarri is SOV and fusional. Nouns come in four declensions inherited from Proto-Meezarric.

Case zutȧ 'language' wȧȧnuj 'sun' morroch 'ice' paıkul 'house'
Nominative zutȧ wȧȧnuj morroch paıkul
Accusative zutȧi wȧȧnujı morrochı paıkulı
Genitive zutäï wȧȧnujı morrowı paıkurrı
Dative zutȧnme wȧȧnujme morrongme paıkunme
Instrumental zutatschu wȧȧnussu morrokku paıkuttu
Elative zutäö wȧȧnujo morrowo paıkurro
Inessive zutȧna wȧȧnunja morronga paıkuna
Illative zutȧnu wȧȧnunju morrongu paıkunu
Essive zutȧım wȧȧnujım morrochım paıkulım
Translative zutȧtau wȧȧnujsau morrochkau paıkultau